| "Love Will Lead You Back" | ||||||||
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| Single by Taylor Dayne | ||||||||
| from the album Can't Fight Fate | ||||||||
| B-side | "You Meant the World to Me" | |||||||
| Released | January 15, 1990 | |||||||
| Format | Cassette single 7" single CD single |
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| Recorded | 1989 | |||||||
| Genre | Pop, soul | |||||||
| Length |
04:24 (Single Version) 04:39 (Album Version) |
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| Label | Arista | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Diane Warren | |||||||
| Producer | Rick Wake | |||||||
| Certification | Gold (US) | |||||||
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"Love Will Lead You Back" is a song performed by Taylor Dayne. Released as the second single from Dayne's second album Can't Fight Fate (following the more uptempo "With Every Beat of My Heart"), the ballad debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 27, 1990. It reached number one on April 7 that same year and spent 15 weeks in the Top 40. It also reached number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart [1] and was certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA.
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The song, written by Diane Warren, is about a woman who is willing to set her lover free because she is confident that one day his love will lead him back to her: "Sometimes it takes some time out on your own now / to find your way back home". Warren has stated that she began writing the song while in a hotel in Russia, and that she had originally intended the song to be offered to R&B singer Whitney Houston, but Arista Records president Clive Davis wanted to let Dayne record the song. It became Dayne's only Number One single.
The video was very simple; it shows Dayne and her band in a studio performing the song. The video was released both in black-and-white and sepia tones. In the video, Dayne holds in her hand what seems to be the lyrics of the song, or possibly a letter from her lover.
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 69 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 11 |
| End of year chart (1990) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] | 28 |
The song was covered by Brazilian singer Sandra de Sá, by Filipina singers Kyla and Nina, by Mexican pop singer Yuri, and Australian pop group Young Divas. In 2000, Grammy Award winning artist Patti LaBelle covered the composition for her album, When A Woman Loves.
On American Idol it has been covered three times, by Carmen Rasmusen (season 2), Mikalah Gordon (season 4) and Karen Rodriguez (season 10). All three were eliminated the next night after their performances of that song.
| Preceded by "All My Life" by Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville |
Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart) number-one single March 24, 1990 |
Succeeded by "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" by Rod Stewart with Ronald Isley |
| Preceded by "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single April 7, 1990 |
Succeeded by "I'll Be Your Everything" by Tommy Page |